Chelsea begin their 2019-20 EFL Cup campaign against Grimsby Town looking to take the first step towards reaching the final for the second successive season.

League Two outfit Grimsby earned their opportunity to play at Stamford Bridge on Wednesday night having held their nerve against Macclesfield Town earlier this month.

Chelsea begin their 2019-20 EFL Cup campaign against Grimsby Town looking to take the first step towards reaching the final for the second successive season.

League Two outfit Grimsby earned their opportunity to play at Stamford Bridge on Wednesday night having held their nerve against Macclesfield Town earlier this month.

Match preview

Having failed to win any of his first four home matches in charge of Chelsea, Frank Lampard has the ideal opportunity to break that streak with a game against opponents from the fourth tier.

While the club legend will not take a result for granted, he will expect his blossoming squad to win emphatically having suffered back-to-back defeats to Valencia and Liverpool.

The Blues showed in the latter of those contests that there remains a confidence among the players at the West Londoners, and Lampard has openly demanded that they start to turn performances into victories as soon as possible.

There will naturally be a priority placed on other competitions this season, although the EFL Cup is another pathway for the club's academy graduates to pick up more experience in the senior ranks.

Given the current competitiveness of the Premier League, Lampard will also view this competition as a way of earning European football next season, which will place pressure on his much-changed team on Wednesday.

Grimsby, on the other hand, will sense an opportunity to pull off a monumental shock away from the rigours of attempting to earn promotion from League Two.

While the Mariners have won just one of their last four league outings, they sit just two points off the playoffs in 10th position, having kept a clean sheet in yet another meeting with Macclesfield at the weekend.

The teams have now met three times this season, with their initial EFL Cup tie being abandoned due to a waterlogged pitch before Grimsby prevailed in a penalty shootout in the

Chelsea form: DWDWLL

Grimsby Town form: LLDDLW

Source: sportsmole.co.uk

I think today Lampard will win his first home game.

3-1 scoreline.


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Chelsea 5 - 2 Grimsby Town

As usual sual

Them go Nak chelsea

I smell an upset here....
i see chelsea winner even tho they are the underdog....

Chelsea 3- Grimsby 1

WizBLANCE:
MY COLOUR IS MY BOND

you must be eye cult

Okay

I will be mad at ChelseaFc if Pulisic isn't given a real chance to succeed.

It’s time for Lampard to releases the young dogs, especially Pulisic and Bat man � �

Losers game

carzola:
I smell an upset here....
i see chelsea winner even tho they are the underdog....

Underdog to team in division 5? Oga this your weed is harsh

4-0

we will beat them silly and we will keep a clean sheet

Lampard please give Pulisic the chance to prove his worth please.

SolarMight:


Underdog to team in division 5? Oga this your weed is harsh

hahahahaha… the way Chelsea have been losing don't u think
they are underdogs?

Chelsea will win this comfortably..

Princerichi0:
Them go Nak chelsea

Have you been to Naka before

SHARE for Grimsby town LIKE for Chelsea

dat one no concerns me because are don win my own yday.......

Barking dog

Game on

Barkleeeeeey!

7 minutes so far and it's 2 nil. Batshuayiiiii!

Chai, 2 goals don enter before we sit down sef!
These wan na Over 5 and a half goal o,
abi wetin una dey call am Alabi boys?!

Fragility6:

This idiot start

We are still vexing for him for that penalty he took with strong head and missed.
But we won't call any of our boys idiots sha.
They need encouragements.

UP BLUES.

Andersonjr:
Barkleeeeeey!

This idiot start

Link oh

Okay